Dan Milton Hughes Wilcox papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2429

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Dan Milton Hughes Wilcox papers (1940-1992) contain 28 journals consisting of correspondence, school and work papers, mission correspondence, research, calendars, notes and ephemera organized by Wilcox. The journals are arranged chronologically. An index, created by Wilcox, may be found in box one, folder two. Original order of the author has been maintained.

Dates

1940-1992

Creator

Wilcox, Dan Milton Hughes, 1940-1994 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Dan Milton Hughes Wilcox (1940-1994) was born in Salt Lake City in 1940 to Bruce and Marice Hughes. His parents divorced in his childhood and his mother married Wilford Wilcox when Dan was 14 years old. Dan married Linda Player in 1964. They had three children: Kira, Alicia and Christine. Wilcox graduated from the University of Utah in 1966 with a B.S. in Education with an emphasis on Mathematics and Sociology. Wilcox taught L.D.S. seminary for three years before returning to the University of Utah to pursue a Ph.D. in Philosophy.

In 1978 Linda and Dan divorced, and Dan came out as a homosexual. He became active in the gay rights movement in Salt Lake City, and led discussions with Affirmation, a group for gay and lesbian Latter Day Saints and was also active in the Metropolitan Community Church, which ministers to LGBT people. In 1979 he moved to Boise, Idaho and began studying environmental illness and “brain allergies” to help cope with his life-long struggle with mental illness. In 1990, Wilcox was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He died in 1994.

Extent

3.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Dan Milton Hughes Wilcox papers (1940-1992) contain journals, correspondence, school and work papers, research and calendars. He was active in the gay rights movement in Salt Lake City, and led discussions with Affirmation, a group for gay and lesbian Latter Day Saints and was also active in the Metropolitan Community Church, which ministers to LGBT people.